Business of Committee(76 speeches) Are the minutes of the meeting of 19 June agreed? Agreed. The next issue is matters arising from the minutes. The replies on the issue of the compellability requests are being drafted and are...

Message to Dáil(1 speech) In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Sub-Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has completed its consideration of the...

Road Network: A5 Working Group(43 speeches) On behalf of the committee I warmly welcome a cross-party, cross-jurisdiction and cross-competency grouping of people, the A5 working group. I welcome Daniel McSorley, chief executive of Omagh...

Adoption in Ireland: Discussion(119 speeches) I remind members, witnesses and those in the Visitors Gallery that all mobile telephones should be switched off or put on airplane mode for the duration of this meeting because they interfere...

What are Committees?

Committees in the Oireachtas are where TDs and Senators discuss amendments to government legislation, scrutinise public expenditure and organisations,
and take evidence from expert witnesses and civil servants.

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